Vodafone may buy cable giant Liberty Global in mega telecoms merger

Vodafone is mulling over the opportunity to acquire cable player Liberty Global, which owns Virgin Media and UPC, in a massive takeover that will result in a global telecoms juggernaut worth over US$130bn.

It is a time of seismic shifts in the telecoms world as operators on a global level are seeking to marry up all their infrastructure to create a single network capable of quad play services – phone, internet, mobile and TV – whatever the location.

It is also talking to France Telecom and Deutsche Telekom about buying Everything Everywhere, such is its conviction it needs to return to mobile.

War games

Vodafone is understood to have sought advisors to consider a response to this new BT strategy that will place it on higher ground to face any onslaught in a telecoms world where quad play will be the only game worth playing.